APUSH mcw ch 10
AP U.S. History
Multiple Choice Worksheet – Chapter 10
Mr. Jones
Make the best selection.
1. When the new government was launched in 1789,
a) the nation’s population was doubling about every twenty-five years.
b) Most people lived in the fast-growing cities
c) Most people lived west of the Allegheny Mountains
d) New York was the largest city in the nation
e) Great Britain refused to establish diplomatic relations with the United States
2. Regarding central authority, early Americans saw it as all of the following except
a) a necessary evil
b) something to be distrusted
c) something to be watched
d) something to be curbed
e) something to be ultimately eliminated
3. The new Constitution did not provide for the creation of a(n)
a) Electoral College
b) Vice president
c) Supreme Court
d) Cabinet
e) federal court system
4. Match the individual with his office in the new government.
A. Thomas Jefferson 1. attorney general
B. Alexander Hamilton 2. secretary of state
C. Henry Knox 3. secretary of war 4. secretary of the treasury
a. A-1, B-3, C-2
b. A-3, B-1, C-4
c. A-2, B-4, C-3
d. A-4, B-2, C-1
e. A-1, B-4, C-3
5. One of the major criticisms of the Constitution as drafted in Philadelphia was that it
a) was too long and detailed
b) was far too short and required more detail
c) failed to guarantee property rights
d) failed to provide a mechanism for amendment
e) did not provide guarantees for individual rights
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6. The Bill of Rights was intended to protect _______________ against the potential tyranny of ________________.
a) the prerogatives of Congress, the president
b) the army and the navy, the national government
c) the South, the northern majority
d) individual liberties, a strong central government
e) civilian authorities, the military
Multiple Choice Worksheet – Chapter 10
Mr. Jones
Make the best selection.
1. When the new government was launched in 1789,
a) the nation’s population was doubling about every twenty-five years.
b) Most people lived in the fast-growing cities
c) Most people lived west of the Allegheny Mountains
d) New York was the largest city in the nation
e) Great Britain refused to establish diplomatic relations with the United States
2. Regarding central authority, early Americans saw it as all of the following except
a) a necessary evil
b) something to be distrusted
c) something to be watched
d) something to be curbed
e) something to be ultimately eliminated
3. The new Constitution did not provide for the creation of a(n)
a) Electoral College
b) Vice president
c) Supreme Court
d) Cabinet
e) federal court system
4. Match the individual with his office in the new government.
A. Thomas Jefferson 1. attorney general
B. Alexander Hamilton 2. secretary of state
C. Henry Knox 3. secretary of war 4. secretary of the treasury
a. A-1, B-3, C-2
b. A-3, B-1, C-4
c. A-2, B-4, C-3
d. A-4, B-2, C-1
e. A-1, B-4, C-3
5. One of the major criticisms of the Constitution as drafted in Philadelphia was that it
a) was too long and detailed
b) was far too short and required more detail
c) failed to guarantee property rights
d) failed to provide a mechanism for amendment
e) did not provide guarantees for individual rights
Page 2.
6. The Bill of Rights was intended to protect _______________ against the potential tyranny of ________________.
a) the prerogatives of Congress, the president
b) the army and the navy, the national government
c) the South, the northern majority
d) individual liberties, a strong central government
e) civilian authorities, the military